Blackburn, Black hold fundraisers at Taylor Swift concert

Taylor Swift's concert tonight in Washington, D.C., is attracting fundraisers from both major political parties.(Photo: John Davisson / Invision / AP)

Congresswomen Marsha Blackburn and Diane Black are among the members of Congress holding political fundraisers at tonight's Taylor Swift concert in Washington, D.C.

It cost $1,500 for a ticket, or $5,000 for a group of four, to watch the Swift concert at Black's gathering. It is slightly more expensive to attend the event in Blackburn's box with a price tag of $2,000 for one ticket or $3,000 for two.

The local Republicans are two of 19 members of Congress to hold fundraisers at the concert. Swift has not made her own political affiliation public, and members of both political parties are hosting events.

Blackburn has used a Swift concert as a fundraising event in the past. The Republican from Brentwood has emerged as one of the music industry's most vocal supporters in Congress.

In April Blackburn signed on as the co-sponsor of legislation that would force radio broadcasters to begin paying artists and record labels for playing their songs. In the past she's gone after Google for its role in making pirated music easy to come by, and she joined lead sponsor U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, who is also holding a fundraiser at Swift's show, in supporting the Songwriter Equity Act.

Swift, who is signed to Nashville's Big Machine Label Group, is headlining a concert at Nationals Park in Washington. On StubHub.com, tickets to the show ranged from $194 to $1,116. Blackburn and Black's colleague U.S. Rep. Steve Fincher, R-Frog Jump, is also listed as holding a fundraising event at tonight's show. The fundraisers were posted by the nonpartisan watchdog group the Sunlight Foundation.

Blackburn and Black's offices did not immediately respond to requests for comment.